Detection of <i>P. gingivalis, T. denticola, T. forsythia</i> genomic DNA in ApoE<sup>null</sup> mouse tissue. F. RiveraMercedes LeeJu-Youn AnejaMonika GoswamiVishalkant LiuLiying M. VelskoIrina S. ChukkapalliSasanka BhattacharyyaIndraneel ChenHao R. LucasAlexandra N. KesavaluLakshmyya 2013 <p>Post-euthanasia the thoracic aorta, abdominal aorta, heart, liver and spleen were harvested in liquid nitrogen. In order to assess systemic infection with <i>P. gingivalis, T. denticola</i> and/or <i>T. forsythia,</i> total DNA from each perspective organ was isolated and examined for bacterial genomic DNA by PCR using species specific primers. The numbers indicated with forward slash correspond to the number of mice positive for <i>Pg/Td/Tf</i> respectively.</p>